Originally Posted by
MoreMilesPlease
Artificial sweetners are actually sweeter than sugar or HFCS. So you probably are craving the taste of sweetness.
I buy this, or at least as it relates to me.
Originally Posted by
kokonutz
Diet coke is chock full o' sodium. Could be up to 160 mg or so in that Double Gulp. That's as much as a small order of McDonalds french fries.
That may well be what your body is craving after a long dehydrating run.
But is that specific to diet coke or coke in general? OP says he craves a diet coke.
Cheers.